► 動詞
営業 [えいぎょう] [営業する] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ あの店は朝八時から夜十時まで営業している ⇨ That store is doing business from 8AM to 10PM
商う [(3)あきなう] [liter] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 彼は貴金属を商って財を成した ⇨ He built his fortune by trading precious metal (☛ 文語、又は古い表現)
起業 [(2)きぎょう] [起業する] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 彼は起業して成功した ⇨ He started his own business and succeeded
行商 [ぎょうしょう] [行商する] [liter] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 彼女は五十年間毎日野菜を行商した ⇨ She peddled vegetable everyday for 50 years
► 成句
一旗 [(2)ひとはた] [一旗揚げる] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 東京で一旗揚げるつもりだ ⇨ I’m planning to start a business in Tokyo (☛ Try to be an entrepreneur and have a success)
► 名詞
事 [(2)こと] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ 人の事に口出しするな ⇨ Don’t interfere with other people’s affairs
☆ 自分の事は自分でやれよ ⇨ It is your problem, you take care of it
商売 [(1)しょうばい] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ そんなやり方では商売にならない ⇨ You can’t make money if you do it that way
☆ 彼は昔からここで商売している ⇨ He is doing business here for a long time
☆ 彼は職人で商売には関心が無い ⇨ He is a craftsman and not very interested in business
商売 [(1)しょうばい] [商売上がったり] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ インターネットのせいで本屋の商売は上がったりだ ⇨ Bookstores can no longer make money because of internet
用 [(1)よう] [coll] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ 別に用はないんだけど、近くまで来たので寄っただけ ⇨ I just stopped by because I was around, even though I have no business in particular
☆ 昨日用が有って街に行った ⇨ Yesterday I went to downtown to take care of something
用 [(1)よう] [coll] [peer] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ 何の用？ ⇨ What is the business? What are you here for? What do you want? (☛ Used without 御 sounds rude and usually implies annoyance)
☆ 用もないのに電話してくるなよ ⇨ Don’t call me for no reason (☛ Used without 御 sounds rude and usually implies annoyance)
用 [(1)よう] [御用] [coll] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ 何か御用が有りましたら御連絡下さい (ごよう) ⇨ Please let me know if you need me for anything
用 [(1)よう] [用を足す] [coll] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ これは用を足さない ⇨ This wouldn’t take care of the business. This won’t do. This is not enough
営業 [えいぎょう] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ その店は営業停止処分になった ⇨ The store was given a suspension of the business license
☆ 営業時間 ⇨ Business hours
企業 [(1)きぎょう] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ 中小企業 ⇨ Mid and small companies (☛ Usually refers to business entities as a group)
☆ 彼は大企業に勤めている ⇨ He works for a big corporation (☛ Usually refers to business entities as a group)
経営者 [(3)けいえいしゃ] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ 中小企業の経営者 ⇨ Entrepreneurs of small and mid-sized businesses
雑用 [ざつよう] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ 先週末は雑用をしているうちに終わってしまった ⇨ Last weekend was over while I was doing some chores (☛ Miscellaneous chores)
事業 [(1)じぎょう] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ 事業家 ⇨ An entrepreneur
☆ 彼は自分の事業を起こした ⇨ He started his own business
事情 [じじょう] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ それはこちらの事情だからあなたには関係ない ⇨ That’s our business and you got nothing to do with it
用件 [(3)ようけん] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ 用件を先に言って下さい ⇨ Please first tell me exactly what you need
☆ 私が御用件を伺って彼にお伝えしますが ⇨ You could tell me what you need, and I can relay it to him later
☆ 用件は何ですか？ ⇨ What is that you need? What is this about? What can I do for you? (☛ The specifics of the business)
用事 [ようじ] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ 昨日用事が有って街に行った ⇨ Yesterday I went to downtown to take care of some business (☛ Personal business)
☆ 用事はもう全部済ませたから後はゆっくり出来る ⇨ I can relax now that I took care of all the business (☛ Personal business)
商談 [しょうだん] meaning: business rank: 3
☆ 大きな商談が入った ⇨ There has been a big business prospect (☛ Literally “business talk”. A preliminary business inquiry)
商人 [(1)しょうにん] [liter] meaning: business rank: 3
☆ 大阪は商人の街として栄えた ⇨ Osaka prospered as a town of merchants (☛ Typically a historic term referring to merchants in the social hierarchy under the feudal system)
実業家 [じつぎょうか] meaning: business rank: 3
☆ 彼は世界有数の実業家だ ⇨ He is one of the top business people in the world
水商売 [(3)みずしょうばい] meaning: business rank: 3
☆ コロナ禍で水商売は大きな打撃を受けた ⇨ Restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels, etc. were severely affected by COVID pandemic (☛ Literally “water business”. In the wider sense it includes any non-essential business that is affected by popularity. In the narrower sense it refers to bar business)
商い [(2)あきない] [liter] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 彼は商いの勘を持っている ⇨ He has the feel for business (☛ 文語、又は古い表現)
商人 [(2)あきんど] [liter] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 商人 ⇨ A merchant, business person (☛ Especially refers to business people in the warrior-era social hierarchy)
営み [いとなみ] [liter] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 人間が大自然の営みに逆らうことは出来ない ⇨ Humans cannot go against the proceedings of the mother nature
☆ 彼等には夫婦の営みが無い ⇨ They don’t have husband and wife’s business. They have no sex life
起業 [(2)きぎょう] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 起業家 ⇨ An entrepreneur (☛ Start one’s own business)
合弁 [ごうべん] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 合弁会社 ⇨ A joint venture, jointly-owned company
財界 [ざいかい] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 政府に財界から圧力が掛かった ⇨ The big business put pressure on the government (☛ Literally “wealth world”. Big business as a collective)
自営業 [(2)じえいぎょう] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 私は自営業だ ⇨ I run my own business. I am self-employed (☛ Literally “self-managed business”)
実業 [じつぎょう] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 実業界の大立者 ⇨ Big shots in the business world (☛ Literally “concrete business”, that have physical products)
野暮用 [やぼよう] [coll] [peer] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ ちょっと野暮用があって行けない ⇨ I can’t go because I need to take care of something (☛ Some personal business you have to take care of, that you don’t want to specify)
所用 [しょよう] meaning: business rank: 5
☆ 所用のため会議を欠席致します ⇨ I won’t be in the meeting because there is some business I have to attend to (☛ Personal business)